εἶπον ἔειπον aor. (ϝεῖπον, ἔϝειπον) [cf. (ϝ)έπος.] 2 sing. subj. εἴπῃσθα Il. 20.250: Od. 11.224, Od. 22.373. Imp. εἰπέ Il. 1.85, Il. 6.86, Il. 11.819, Il. 24.113, etc.: Od. 1.10, Od. 8.555, Od. 14.118, Od. 24.114, etc. Also 2 sing. indic. εἶπας Il. 1.106, 108: Od. 22.46. ἔειπας (v.l. ἔειπες) Il. 1.286, Il. 24.379, etc. Imp. pl. εἴπατε Od. 3.427, Od. 21.198. 3 sing. pa. iterative εἴπεσκε Il. 2.271, Il. 3.297, Il. 17.423, Il. 22.375, etc.: Od. 2.324, Od. 4.772, Od. 8.328, Od. 23.148, etc. (ἀπο-, δια-, ἐξ-, μετέειπον, παρ-, προσέειπον.) 1 To utter speech, speak, say: ὣς εἰπών Il. 1.68, ἐπεὶ κατὰ μοῖραν ἔειπες Il. 9.59. Cf. Il. 1.230, Il. 2.139, Il. 6.75, Il. 15.185, Il. 19.82, etc.: Od. 1.96, Od. 2.251, Od. 4.772, Od. 8.166, Od. 22.288, etc. Followed by what is said directly reported Il. 5.600, Il. 6.375, Il. 7.46, Il. 16.513, Il. 19.286, etc.: Od. 2.324, Od. 5.298, Od. 8.328, Od. 9.171, etc. 2 To utter, speak, say, tell: ὅττι κεν εἴπῃς Il. 1.294, ποῖον ἔειπες Il. 13.824. Cf. Il. 1.286, Il. 2.59. Il. 4.22, Il. 7.68, Il. 17.716, etc.: κενὰ εὔγματα Od. 22.249, cf. Od. 3.227, Od. 4.204, Od. 5.300, Od. 15.314, Od. 18.422, etc. To give (judgment): δίκην Il. 18.508. 3 To tell, tell of or about, give information about, describe, explain: κακὸν τόσον ὅσσον ἐτύχθη Il. 17.410. Cf. Il. 9.688, Il. 10.384, Il. 23.350, etc.: γαῖαν τεήν Od. 8.555, τεὸν γένος Od. 19.162. Cf. Od. 1.169, Od. 2.31, Od. 11.177, Od. 17.106, Od. 23.273, etc. With genit.: εἰπέ μοι πατρός Od. 11.174. Cf. Od. 1.10. Absol.: Ἀχιλῆϊ εἰπεῖν Il. 17.692: τίπτʼ οὔ οἱ εἶπες; Od. 13.417. Cf. Od. 1.282, Od. 2.216, Od. 15.158, Od. 22.429, etc. Followed by a direct question: εἰπέ μοι, τί . . .; Od. 24.474. Cf. Od. 11.144. 4 With infin. or clause in indirect discourse, to say, state, assert, tell. With infin.: νούσῳ ὑπʼ ἀργαλέῃ φθίσθαι (that he would . . .) Il. 13.666. Cf. Il. 18.9, Il. 24.113. With ὅτ(τ)ι, thatIl. 17.655: Od. 16.131. With ὡς, howOd. 22.373. With question: ὅ τι . . . Il. 1.64, ἢ . . . ἦ . . . Il. 9.673, ὅππως . . . Il. 10.544: ὁππόθι . . . Od. 3.89, ἠὲ (ἢ) . . . ἦ . . . Od. 3.214 = Od. 16.95, Od. 4.28, Od. 11.494, ὅς τις . . . Od. 4.379 = 468, ὅττι . . . Od. 4.391, ὅ τι . . . Od. 8.577, ὅπ(π)ῃ . . . Od. 9.279, 457, εἰ . . . Od. 11.494, Od. 13.328, ὅσσα . . . Od. 13.306, ὁππόθεν . . . Od. 14.47, ὁπποῖα . . . Od. 19.218, ὅπως . . . Od. 21.198. With acc. and dependent clause: εἰπὲ τόνδε, ὅς τις ὅδʼ ἐστίν Il. 3.192: εἰπὲ νόστον, ὡς . . . Od. 4.379 = 468. Cf. Od. 4.389 = Od. 10.539. Sim.: τόδε εἰπέ, ἢ (ἠὲ) . . . ἦ . . . Il. 11.819, Il. 24.380, τόδε εἰπέ, ποσσῆμαρ . . . Il. 24.656: τόδε εἰπέ, εἰ . . . Od. 1.206, Od. 11.370, 457, ἢ (ἠὲ) . . . ἦε (ἦ) Od. 4.486, Od. 15.383, ὅππῃ . . . Od. 8.572, ἦ . . . Od. 16.137, τάδε κʼ εἴποι, ὡς . . . Od. 22.350, ἕκαστα εἰπεῖν, ὡς . . . Od. 24.237. So περὶ μητρός, ἢ . . . ἦ . . . Od. 15.347. 5 To bid, direct, order, recommend. With dat. and infin.: Ποσειδάωνι τὰ ἃ πρὸς δώμαθʼ ἱκέσθαι Il. 15.57. Cf. Il. 6.114, Il. 14.501: δμῳῇσι δαῖτα πένεσθαι Od. 3.427. Cf. Od. 1.37, Od. 4.682, Od. 15.76, Od. 21.235, Od. 22.262, 431. Sim.: Νέστορι εἰπεῖν [χαίρειν] Od. 15.152. So μετὰ δμῳῇσιν ἔειπεν στῆσαι τρίποδα Od. 8.433. Cf. Od. 16.151. With dat. and clause: εἰπεῖν Ἀγαμέμνονι εἰ ἐποτρύνειε . . . Od. 14.497, εἰπὲ πατρὶ μή με δηλήσεται Od. 22.367. With dat. only: εἰπὲ μητέρι Il. 6.86. With acc. of what is enjoined: ἕκαστα Od. 3.361. 6 To speak of, allude to: Ἀγαμέμνονα Il. 1.90. To speak (well) of: ἵνα τίς δʼ ἐῢ εἴπῃ Od. 1.302 = Od. 3.200. To call (so and so): πολλοί μιν ἐσθλὸν ἔειπον Od. 19.334. Cf. Il. 8.373. With acc. of the person of whom something is said and what is said directly reported: εἴποι τις "πατρὸς . . . ἀμείνων" ἐκ πολέμου ἀνιόντα Il. 6.479. 7 To address (a person): Ἕκτορα Il. 12.60 = 210, Il. 13.725, Il. 17.334, Il. 20.375. Cf. Il. 17.237 = 651. With double acc. of person and of what is said: ἐξαίσιόν τι εἰπών τινα Od. 4.690. Cf. Od. 22.314, Od. 23.91. With prep. and cognate acc.: τὸν πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπεν Il. 5.632. Cf. Il. 2.59, 156, etc.: Od. 4.803, Od. 14.492, Od. 16.460, etc.